The 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

unit. It was last assigned to the

21st Air Division The 21st Air Division (21st AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, being stationed at Griffiss Air Force Base, New York. It was inactivated on 23 September 1983. History World W ...

(ADTAC),

Tactical Air Command Tactical Air Command (TAC) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. It was a Major Command of the United States Air Force, established on 21 March 1946 and headquartered at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. It was inactivated on 1 J ...

, stationed at Melville Air Station, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (site N-24, later C-24). It was inactivated on 30 June 1971. The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of North America. Lineage * Established as the 641st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1 August 1953 : Activated 1 August 1953 : Inactivated 30 June 1971 Assignments * 64th Air Division, 1 August 1953 *

4732d Air Defense Group The 4732nd Air Defense Group is a discontinued United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with the 64th Air Division of Air Defense Command at Goose Air Force Base, Newfoundland, Canada, where it was discontinued in 1960. The ...

, 1 April 1957 * Goose Air Defense Sector, 1 April 1960 *

37th Air Division The 37th Air Division (37th AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Air Defense Command at Goose Air Force Base, Labrador, Canada It was inactivated on 30 June 1970. History Strategic Air Command Es ...

, 1 April 1966 * 21st Air Division, 31 March 1970 – 30 June 1971 Stations * Goose AFB, Labrador, 1 August 1953 * Melville Air Station, Labrador, 1 November 1957 – 30 June 1971

References

* Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., ''A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980'

Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)

External links

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Radar squadrons of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command units